New Zealand's Tour Of India 2010-2011 -- 2ND TEST (DAY 1)

          Whew!!! Back on after 22 years in Hyderabad. It is a 5-day match in Hyderabad after 22 years !! Sounds thrilling.. Let us make it simple for the first day of the game. It was Daniel Vettori who won the toss and chose to bat."Yes.I would like to bat first.We have Guptill in for Watling,Bret Arnel for Hamish Bennet and Southee for Jeetan Patel." said Daniel Vettori in the morning.Dhoni was unhappy losing the toss and said"Never Mind.My boys will do well and its Laxman playing at home for us."

          It was Brendon McCullum and TG MacIntosh were visible as the openers. An early breakthrough for the Blackcaps as their keeper McCullum falls for 4, bowled by India's Sreesanth and caught by the Indian skipper.An ugly start a person would say but the Kiwis did not bother but put forth a partnership of 147 between Guptill And McIntosh.Then came the breakthrough by the Off-Breaker Pragyan Ojha. The ball was struck in front of Guptill's leg and the umpire had no other option than giving it OUT. Guptill played well but missed his century by 15runs but McIntosh was looking strong and had completed his first fifty in test cricket.

Then came Ross Taylor. Taylor was looking strong but Khan had put him down at 24.The next one was Jesse Ryder, the husky,hefty and a huge person from Masterton,Auckland. Coming back to the opener McIntosh was on his way to his first century. He had made it but as soon he made his century was put down by Khan struck in front of the wicket, an inside edge which would close the play of Day 1.

The score at the end of day 1 was-

NZ - 258/4 off 90.0 overs

Jesse Ryder - 22(64)

Gareth Hopkins - 0(5)

Khan - 2/41

Ojha - 1/60

   Its all over for today... See you tomorrow... Good Evening..